Workshops

The educational workshops for children are oriented around a presentation of living animals of exceptional beauty and which are on the brink of extinction. The animals are sheltered in large aviary spaces and cages which guarantee their comfort and the pleasure of visitors.

To enable the public to discover the lives of these animals, information panels are installed near each aviary space. These panels provide educational inofrmation on their origins, their feeding habits, the threats endangering the animals as well as the actions put in place by the CAVEX.

Nests workshop

“Nests” workshop

Duration : between25 minutes and 40 minutes (depending on the audience age) / 40 minutes for the general public

Aims :

Knowledge of the roles of nests and the nest-egg relationship (camouflage)

Understand the construction of a nest : the material used and the technique, the location

Entertaining manipulation and application tutorial : reconstitution of a nest with the provided materials

Working in small groups

Raise awareness for the respect of animal life and its natural habitat

Performance :

Observation / presentation of different nests (natural and artificial / of local and exotic species )

Questions / answers on the materials used, the living habits of the birds according to their nests, nesting strategies

Showing causes of nests destruction which obstacle nesting and survival of the species (in our immediate surrounding as well)

Extinction workshop

“Extinction” workshop

Duration : between30 minutes and 40 minutes (depending on the audience age) / 40 minutes for the general public

Aims :

Understand the different causes of extinction -of species from different environment

Species discovery (from Amazonia, Australia and european marine species)

Knowledge :

Food chain and accumulation of polluting products in organisms

Inter-species relationships

existence of endangered species /extinct in France

Performance :

The history of wombat introduction in Australia. Story-telling + questions/answers

Marine life pollution. Explanation of the food chain and accumulation of polluting products

Amazonian forest , animal extinction due to gold-mining, forests fires and deforestation : decrease in number of animals with the destruction of their habitat (nutrition, nest, protection) and territory fragmentation